Where: Virginia · approx. 37.41, -79.14 (vicinity only)
Why this spot: 1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on James River at the fall line
What turns up: Tobacco and canal city on hills above the James: warehouse, saloon, and hotel dumps with blob and hutchinson sodas, bitters, local mineral-water and druggist bottles, stoneware, clay pipes, and coins along the riverfront and old commercial lots.
Access: Gray area.
The James River bed below the ordinary low-water line is Commonwealth public-trust land where taking historic artifacts is restricted; the private downtown and warehouse lots on the Sanborn footprint need the owner's permission. State law protects archaeological sites.
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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.
Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.